BLOW THE TRUMPET IN ZION, CONSECRATE A FAST, CALL A SACRED ASSEMBLY; GATHER THE PEOPLE, SANCTIFY THE CONGREGATION, ASSEMBLE THE ELDERS, GATHER THE CHILDREN AND THE NURSING BABES. - JOEL 2:15
ANTONIO BALDOVINOS
Antonio and Christelle Baldovinos are the founders of the Global Prayer House, The PURSUIT Conference, the Pursuit Internship -a Discipleship Training School, all are located in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. All of these ministries are under Youth With A Mission (YWAM).
Antonio has a passion to see people come to know Jesus Christ as their personal Lord & Saviour and to know God intimately. For the past ten years they have been leading evangelistic outreaches with Impact World Tour, a ministry of YWAM.
Antonio was born in Honduras, Central America and moved to Minnesota, United States in 1984 where he met his wife Christelle. Christelle grew up in Minnesota, United States. Together with their five children, they have lived and evangelized in New Zealand, India, Colombia, throughout the United States and now reside in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. They have seen tens of thousands come to the Lord, which is one of their greatest passions.
In June 2008 Antonio had a powerful encounter with the Lord and a Joel 2 mandate to "blow the trumpet, call a sacred assembly and gather as many people as possible" was given. The call was to a lifestyle of prayer, fasting and rendering of our hearts & lives to the Lord for ourselves, and to impact regions, cities and nations. The PURSUIT Conference was birthed from this place.
This mandate has expanded their vision to call people to a lifestyle of prayer and to intimacy with God. It is this passion that brought them to establish the Global Prayer House (GPH) Missions Base. The Prayer House is built on Isaiah 56:7, “My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations”. They believe that God is raising up Houses of Prayer for the nations & whether that mission is in marketplace, church, worship, or in developing nations, the Lord is leading His church to serve from the place of prayer! They have called many people to prayer with night & day prayer meetings and will continue to increase this vision.
Antonio & his wife Christelle have five beautiful children; four boys and one girl and they are passionate about loving God, seeing God move in power and seeing lives transformed!
Antonio has a passion to see people come to know Jesus Christ as their personal Lord & Saviour and to know God intimately. For the past ten years they have been leading evangelistic outreaches with Impact World Tour, a ministry of YWAM.
Antonio was born in Honduras, Central America and moved to Minnesota, United States in 1984 where he met his wife Christelle. Christelle grew up in Minnesota, United States. Together with their five children, they have lived and evangelized in New Zealand, India, Colombia, throughout the United States and now reside in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. They have seen tens of thousands come to the Lord, which is one of their greatest passions.
In June 2008 Antonio had a powerful encounter with the Lord and a Joel 2 mandate to "blow the trumpet, call a sacred assembly and gather as many people as possible" was given. The call was to a lifestyle of prayer, fasting and rendering of our hearts & lives to the Lord for ourselves, and to impact regions, cities and nations. The PURSUIT Conference was birthed from this place.
This mandate has expanded their vision to call people to a lifestyle of prayer and to intimacy with God. It is this passion that brought them to establish the Global Prayer House (GPH) Missions Base. The Prayer House is built on Isaiah 56:7, “My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations”. They believe that God is raising up Houses of Prayer for the nations & whether that mission is in marketplace, church, worship, or in developing nations, the Lord is leading His church to serve from the place of prayer! They have called many people to prayer with night & day prayer meetings and will continue to increase this vision.
Antonio & his wife Christelle have five beautiful children; four boys and one girl and they are passionate about loving God, seeing God move in power and seeing lives transformed!
ALLEN HOOD
Allen Hood (M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary) serves as the Associate Director of the International House of Prayer in Kansas City. As the Associate Director, he is deeply committed to promoting the establishment of unceasing corporate worship and intercession in every tribe, tongue, and nation. His highest call as an intercessory missionary and a leader of the prayer movement is to intercede for the fullness of God to be released in the church worldwide and to labor for the strengthening of the global prayer and missions movement.
Allen also serves as the President of the International House of Prayer University (IHOPU). The school's mandate is to equip and send out missionaries as dedicated intercessors and evangelists who will work to see revival within the church and a harvest among those searching for God. Allen resides in Kansas City with his wife Rachel and their three sons.
Allen also serves as the President of the International House of Prayer University (IHOPU). The school's mandate is to equip and send out missionaries as dedicated intercessors and evangelists who will work to see revival within the church and a harvest among those searching for God. Allen resides in Kansas City with his wife Rachel and their three sons.
COREY RUSSELL
Corey Russell, has been a senior leader at the International House of Prayer located in Kansas City, Missouri for the last six years. IHOP is a prayer and worship ministry that has 84 prayer meetings a week and has continued 24/7 for the last 7 years. The IHOP missions’ base is filled with approximately 1000 intercessory missionaries, students, interns who raise their own support to give themselves primarily to the place of prayer and fasting. I have led in multiple roles of training, discipling, instructing those that the Lord is sending here, while my wife has sang as a prophetic singer. Our daughters, Trinity (7) and Mya (3) are growing up in an atmosphere where prayer and fasting are normal realities of life.
Currently, I spend the majority of my time and energy in the prayer room giving myself to the place of prayer and fasting. In addition to this, I co-lead an internship of 60 young adults and also teach several classes at our bible school (FSM) on intercession and the forerunner ministry. I usually travel twice a month nationally and internationally calling the church back to her first love through prayer and fasting. I’m convinced that the great need of the hour is the knowledge of God. We need a corporate returning to God through gatherings of prayer and fasting and we need it now.
Currently, I spend the majority of my time and energy in the prayer room giving myself to the place of prayer and fasting. In addition to this, I co-lead an internship of 60 young adults and also teach several classes at our bible school (FSM) on intercession and the forerunner ministry. I usually travel twice a month nationally and internationally calling the church back to her first love through prayer and fasting. I’m convinced that the great need of the hour is the knowledge of God. We need a corporate returning to God through gatherings of prayer and fasting and we need it now.
MARK ANDERSON
President of Call2All
Mark began his ministry in 1977 in the U.S.A., conducting and organizing campaigns across the nation. The ministry expanded internationally in 1979 to Asia, Europe and Africa.
God prospered this ministry with over two million people coming to Christ. During this season of harvest in the 1980’s Mark pastored, church planted and pioneered various medical missions projects.
In 1992 Mark became part of Youth With A Mission and founded YWAM Campaigns. In 1993 the Impact World Tour was conceived; a new campaign style ministry designed to reach the cities of the world. Today the IWT conducts city-wide campaigns in over 150 cities globally each year and has become one of the largest evangelistic ministries in the world. IWT has now seen over 500,000 people respond to the Gospel.
Besides his role as International Director of YWAM Campaigns, Mark also serves in the following capacities:
Mark and his wife Karen, and 4 of their 6 children currently reside in Kona, Hawaii.
God prospered this ministry with over two million people coming to Christ. During this season of harvest in the 1980’s Mark pastored, church planted and pioneered various medical missions projects.
In 1992 Mark became part of Youth With A Mission and founded YWAM Campaigns. In 1993 the Impact World Tour was conceived; a new campaign style ministry designed to reach the cities of the world. Today the IWT conducts city-wide campaigns in over 150 cities globally each year and has become one of the largest evangelistic ministries in the world. IWT has now seen over 500,000 people respond to the Gospel.
Besides his role as International Director of YWAM Campaigns, Mark also serves in the following capacities:
- YWAM Global Leadership Team Member
- President of Global Pastors Network
- President of Call2All
- Billy Graham Center at Wheaton Advisory Board
- Proclamation Evangelism Network of Mission America Executive Committee
- Table 71 Founding Member
Mark and his wife Karen, and 4 of their 6 children currently reside in Kona, Hawaii.
COREY STARK
Corey Stark is the Executive Director of Internships at the International
House of Prayer in Kansas City, where he resides with his wife Meredith and
daughter Samantha. Their family life vision is to be "burning and shining
lamps" having hearts that are fully alive in the love of God. They desire to
equip forerunner messengers to prepare the way of the Lord through bold
proclamation, combined with a lifestyle of night and day prayer.
After experiencing a radical deliverance in 1995 and an even more recent encounter with the power of God in 2006, Corey has been equipped with a unique understanding of the "spirit and power of Elijah" to turn the hearts of men and women back to the Lord again.
Before coming to IHOP-KC in 2007, Corey and his family spent 5 years establishing a 24/7 house of prayer in Elkhart, IN where it remains as a beacon of light for the Northern Indiana region.
After experiencing a radical deliverance in 1995 and an even more recent encounter with the power of God in 2006, Corey has been equipped with a unique understanding of the "spirit and power of Elijah" to turn the hearts of men and women back to the Lord again.
Before coming to IHOP-KC in 2007, Corey and his family spent 5 years establishing a 24/7 house of prayer in Elkhart, IN where it remains as a beacon of light for the Northern Indiana region.
